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Idaho Press-Tribune Relies on PAGE for Suppliers with Integrity, Reliability Software AUTOMATION 200 + Ink SUPPLIERS Newsprint Cloud ® Computing one DIGITAL PAGE Cooperative Newsletter • Volume 2 • 2018 PLATES SERVICES BANK CARD PROCESSING Archives CEO’S COLUMN • 3 SUPPLIER NEWS • 13-20 HONOR ROLL • 21 PRESIDENT’S COLUMN • 24 Idaho Press-Tribune Relies on PAGE for Suppliers with Integrity, Reliability BY JOHN L. MOORE suppliers for its roster of preferred vendors, but it also plays a role in the purchasing process. Although a member orders directly from Membership in PAGE Cooperative means that co-op a supplier, PAGE pays the supplier, then bills the member who representatives have been “negotiating on our behalf” to select ordered product. “Invoices are always accurate,” Davison said. preferred suppliers. At the Idaho Press-Tribune, this means that “these people have been vetted,” and that the newspaper can rely At the Press-Tribune, “we don’t have any central purchasing on the integrity and reliability of the vendors, said Matt Davison, at this point,” he said. Department heads deal with the suppliers publisher and president. to order materials. When shopping for smaller ticket items, ”it’s pretty quick,” he said. “PAGE does all the heavy lifting, and then Located in Nampa in southwestern Idaho along Interstate 84, the you work directly with the vendor to launch the program.” When six-day newspaper is about looking for new suppliers, “we try to use PAGE,” Davison said. “It’s 20 miles west of Boise. really important that members hold their vendors accountable,” he Davison, who has been said. “We need to control our costs as much as possible.” Since the publisher since 2010, cooperative deals with more than 200 suppliers, “the purchasing said the Press-Tribune power of PAGE is extremely valuable for independents with one or eliminated its Monday two ags,” Davison said. edition in August 2016. John L. Moore is an author based in Northumberland, PA. A former e Press-Tribune also has an e-edition for online subscribers. editor of the Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal, his articles have In addition, “we have a collection of weeklies,” Davison said. ey appeared in numerous publications. cover the nearby communities of Kuna, Meridian and Emmett. The company also has a substantial commercial printing 2018 Annual operation, Davison said. He said that “some of the larger customers we currently print include” the Boise Weekly, a 25,000-circulation Membership Meeting alternative weekly in Boise; the weekly Boise rifty Nickel; the Idaho Mountain Express, a twice-weekly newspaper in Sun Valley, e required PAGE Annual Membership meeting will be held Idaho; the Malheur Enterprise, a weekly based in Vale, Oregon; 11:00 am (EDT) on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at the PAGE and the Boise State Arbiter, a student newspaper at Boise State o ce (700 American Avenue, Suite 101, King of Prussia, PA). University. e primary purpose of this meeting will be the election of PAGE Cooperative Board members for terms beginning January 1, 2019 e publisher added that the commercial printing unit at Press- and the adoption of revised and updated PAGE Bylaws. e slate Tribune also handles “many, many smaller jobs from around the of candidates will be announced following the next PAGE Board region.” of Directors’ meeting to be held on September 12, in Chicago. e Previously part of the Pioneer News Group, the Press-Tribune revised bylaws will be posted on the PAGE website for your review became part of the Minneapolis-based Adams Publishing Group in early August. Emails will be sent to all members announcing in November 2017 when Adams acquired 22 dailies and weeklies when the revised bylaws will be available. Ballots will be sent along from Pioneer in the Northwest. with the announcement of the nominees after the September 12 meeting. At the annual meeting there will also be a review of PAGE e Press-Tribune joined PAGE Cooperative more than 23 years nancials, new supplier news and newsprint news. Members are ago, and uses 16 di erent PAGE Preferred suppliers. e company encouraged to attend the meeting in King of Prussia but can also mainly purchases o ce supplies and some printing supplies such take part by conference call (866-241-8656). If you have any as ink and plates from them. e commercial printing operation questions you may call the PAGE o ce at 800-468-9568. also buys through PAGE, Davison said. Not only does PAGE select CONTACT US PRESSROOM SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED TODAY Inks | Chemistry | Blankets 800-345-2541 CENTRAL INK. MORE THAN JUST INK. www.cicink.com Our Manufacturing & Formulation Process Redefines The Standard About PAGE Cooperative CELEBRATING 34 YEARS irty-three years ago, a misdirected ink invoice landed on the desk of Pete Eyerly, then publisher of the Bloomsburg, PA “Press-Enterprise.” What Pete noticed is that the much larger “Chain Newspaper” down the road a few miles was receiving far more favorable pricing than he. And thus, PAGE (Publishers Association To Gain Economy) Cooperative was born. Now, in 2018, PAGE boasts over 1,500 newspapers in its membership ranks. PAGE purchases newsprint in conjunction with Cox Newsprint Supply and together they are the largest buyer of newsprint in the nation. To join PAGE, members must receive approval from the PAGE Board of Directors. For additional information please contact the PAGE o ce at 800-468-9568. PAGE Sta John Snyder Sharon Shi ett Denise O’Neil CEO Accounting/AP A/R Admin Assistant 800-468-9568, x176 800-468-9568, x177 800-468-9568, x195 [email protected] sharon.shi [email protected] [email protected] Marcy Emory Tony Lopez CFO Invoicing Coordinator 800-468-9568, x182 800-468-9568, x183 [email protected] [email protected] Steve Schroeder Mark omas Director of Membership Development & Technical and A/R Coordinator Technical Services 800-468-9568, x180 800-468-9568, x187 [email protected] Direct: 484-636-0187 [email protected] PAGE O cers PAGE Directors President - Brandon Eyerly William J. Brehm, Jr. Stuart Richner Publisher, Press-Enterprise President, Brehm Communications, Inc. President, Richner Communications, Inc. Bloomsburg, PA San Diego, CA Broad Street Media 570-387-1234 858-451-6200 Garden City, NY [email protected] [email protected] 516-569-4000 [email protected] Chair - Je rey N. Brown Tom Brown Advisor to the O ce of Chairman of AIM 406-890-9141 Rex Rust Media [email protected] Co-President, Rust Communications Columbus, IN Cape Girardeau, MO 812-379-5615 Gregg K. Jones 573-388-2712 [email protected] Executive VP, Adams Publishing Group [email protected] Greeneville, TN Treasurer - Lissa Walls 423-638-4181 Jonathan M. Segal CEO, Southern Newspapers, Inc. [email protected] 252-633-2555 Houston, TX [email protected] 713-266-5481 Aaron Julien [email protected] President & CEO, Francis Wick Newspapers of New England, Inc. President & CEO, Wick Communications Secretary - John Snyder Concord, NH Sierra Vista, AZ CEO, PAGE Cooperative 603-369-3260 520-458-0200 King of Prussia, PA [email protected] [email protected] 800-468-9568, x176 [email protected] Robin Martin Owner, Santa Fe New Mexican Asst. Secretary/Treasurer - Santa Fe, NM Marcy Emory 505-983-3303 CFO, PAGE Cooperative [email protected] King of Prussia, PA 800-468-9568, x182 [email protected] 2 CEO’S COLUMN Saying Goodbye to Joan Gra and Sharon O’Brien Joan Gra , who has been the PAGE Membership Development and Marketing Director since January 2014, retired on June 30. Joan spent over 30 years in the industry before lending her talents and enthusiasm to the service of the PAGE membership. Please join the PAGE Board of Directors and sta in wishing Joan well in her next adventures. JOAN SHARON GRAFF O’BRIEN Sharon O’Brien, PAGE invoicing coordinator, retired at the end of July. Sharon has been responsible for PAGE invoicing for 19 years and has been amazing in her accuracy considering this amounts to over a million documents. BY JOHN Again, join us in thanking Sharon for her many years of service to the PAGE membership. SNYDER Happy Retirement! A Reminder: Staying Within A/R Terms Is Critical for Our Continued Success We know in these di cult economic times, cash ow in many member newspapers has become severely challenged. However, part of the success story of PAGE and PAGE programs is the commitment to suppliers that we will pay all invoices within terms and take all cash discounts so they may be past on to the members willing to pay within the discount period. We urge all members to make sure PAGE is at the top of their payment list. ere is a signi cant penalty for late payments (1.5% per month) and late payments test the cash ow of your Cooperative. If you would like to discuss your PAGE account please call me at 800-468-9568, ext. 176. Newsprint Prices Remain High and the Market Remains Tight but Some Help Could Be on the Way e late June announcement by Kruger that as of August and e countervailing duties (CVD) and antidumping duties (ADD) on into September they will not be accepting orders into the US has Canadian shipments into the US have contributed to these increases made a tight market worse. e other suppliers in the east; Resolute, as some suppliers are paying signi cant tari s on their US tonnes. White Birch Tembec and to some extent Alberta had all reported Even though the preliminary announced tari s of up to 32% were tightness in their order books before this announcement. ere may decreased by the Department of Commerce on August 2 to: be some help on the way as White Birch has been working towards reopening the VA based Bear Island Mill by mid to late September.
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